Publications

Authors:

Ugolini, Gherardo

Title:

Wilamowitz contro «il demonio della democrazia». Una lettera inedita del gennaio 1919

Year:

2024

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Italiano

Format:

Elettronico

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

FUTUROCLASSICO FCL

ISSN of journal:

2465-0951

Number or Folder:

10

Page numbers:

163-174

Keyword:

Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Eduard Schwartz, Repubblica di Weimar, Prima guerra mondiale, Novembermänner

Short description of contents:

An unpublished letter by Wilamowitz, which is kept among the papers of his Nachlass at the Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek in Göttin- gen, dated “around New Year’s Eve 1919” and with an unspecified addressee, is published here. In the letter, Wilamowitz expresses his gratitude for the homage (Adresse) he has received from the Leipzig philologists, probably on the occasion of his 70th birthday (22 December 1918), and gives an interesting assessment of the political situation after the beginning of the Weimar Repub- lic. Wilamowitz brands the supporters of democracy as “ghosts” (Gespenster) and “predators” (Raubtiere) and calls for mobilisation in view of the upcoming elections to the German National Assembly, because it is necessary to “look the Gorgon head of shame and the devil of democracy fearlessly in the eye”. Based on some references in the text, it can be assumed that the addressee of the letter was his colleague and friend Eduard Schwartz.

Product ID:

142224

Handle IRIS:

11562/1144389

Last Modified:

December 16, 2024

Bibliographic citation:

Ugolini, Gherardo, Wilamowitz contro «il demonio della democrazia». Una lettera inedita del gennaio 1919 «FUTUROCLASSICO FCL» , n. 10 , 2024 , pp. 163-174

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